Clive Myrie was reportedly pulled from covering BBC News at Ten after presenting Have I Got News For You an hour earlier. On the comedy panel, he made scripted jokes about Boris Johnson.
The 58-year-old regularly guest presents the comedy panel, which airs at 9pm on Fridays and sees guests and comedian discussing the week’s news.
The latest episode began with Myrie saying: ‘After being found by the House of Commons committee to have lied repeatedly, Boris Johnson takes the opportunity to deny that he’s ever been jogging or has a dog.’ The quip came after the Privileges Committee published its highly-anticipated report, which stated theAnd while it received a laugh from the studio audience, its now been revealed that the BBC replaced Myrie for Ten at News with Jane Hill ‘at the last minute’ after the corporation’s content chief Charlotte Moore was reportedly ‘concerned about potential impartiality accusations arising’.
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